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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 513 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1985, chapter 616; in 1986, chapters 364 and 562; in 1987, chapter 521; in 1989, chapter 435; in 1994, chapter 106<\/a>; in 1995, chapter 167<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 16<\/a>, 47<\/a>, and 164<\/a>; in 1999, chapters 490<\/a> and 586<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 706<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67300,"section_number":"38.2-1836","catch_line":"Licensing nonresidents; reciprocal agreements with other states and Canadian provinces","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1836\/"},{"id":71959,"section_number":"38.2-2525","catch_line":"Agents licenses required","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2525\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67300,"section_number":"38.2-1836","catch_line":"Licensing nonresidents; reciprocal agreements with other states and Canadian provinces","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1836\/"}],"permalink":{"id":212485,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78999,"identifier":"38.2-1814","token":"38.2\/18\/2\/38.2-1814","url":"\/38.2-1814\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1814\/","token":"38.2\/18\/2\/38.2-1814","dublin_core":{"Title":"License required of resident property and casualty insurance agent and resident personal lines agent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1814","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No individual who is a resident<\/span> of this Commonwealth shall obtain a license<\/span> as a property and casualty insurance agent<\/span> or as a personal lines agent<\/span> from the Commission<\/span> unless he has passed an examination in a form and manner prescribed by the Commission<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> An individual may obtain a license<\/span> as a limited lines credit insurance agent<\/span>, a limited lines property and casualty agent<\/span>, a motor vehicle rental contract insurance agent<\/span>, or any other type of license<\/span> of restricted authority that the Commission<\/span> may deem it necessary to recognize for the purpose of complying with § 38.2-1836<\/a> without taking such examination. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSE REQUIRED OF RESIDENT PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE AGENT AND RESIDENT\nPERSONAL LINES AGENT (\u00a7 38.2-1814)\n\nA. No individual who is a resident of this Commonwealth shall obtain a license\nas a property and casualty insurance agent or as a personal lines agent from the\nCommission unless he has passed an examination in a form and manner prescribed\nby the Commission.\n\nB. An individual may obtain a license as a limited lines credit insurance agent,\na limited lines property and casualty agent, a motor vehicle rental contract\ninsurance agent, or any other type of license of restricted authority that the\nCommission may deem it necessary to recognize for the purpose of complying with\n§ 38.2-1836 without taking such examination.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 513, \u00a7 38.1-327.15; 1985, c. 616; 1986, cc. 364, 562; 1987,\nc. 521; 1989, c. 435; 1994, c. 106; 1995, c. 167; 1998, cc. 16, 47, 164; 1999,\ncc. 490, 586; 2001, c. 706.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}